Heger's Cabinet

The Cabinet of Eduard Heger is the incumbent government of Slovakia, led by Prime Minister Eduard Heger. It was formed on 1 April 2021, after the previous Prime Minister Igor Matovič and his government had resigned, ending a month-long coalition crisis which started because of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. It is a majority coalition government consisting of four parties – Ordinary People and Independent Personalities, We Are Family, Freedom and Solidarity and For the People.[1]

Cabinet of Eduard Heger

12th Cabinet of Slovakia
Date formed1 April 2021
People and organisations
President of SlovakiaZuzana Čaputová
Prime MinisterEduard Heger
Deputy Prime Ministers
Štefan Holý, SR
No. of ministers14
Total no. of members16
Member party
Status in legislatureCoalition government
87 / 150 (58%)
Opposition parties
Opposition leaders
History
Outgoing election2020 Slovak parliamentary election
PredecessorMatovič's Cabinet

The Cabinet was appointed by the President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová on 1 April 2021 and was approved by the National Council on 4 May 2021.[2][3] Essentially, it was a reshuffle of the Matovič Cabinet, except for newcomer Vladimír Lengvarský as Health Minister, and President Čaputová also rejected the coalition's nominee for Labour Minister.[4] Coalition party We Are Family eventually retracted its nomination of Jozef Hlinka, and the coalition and president agreed to reappoint Milan Krajniak as Labour Minister.[5]

Composition
Position Name Party Took office Left office
Prime Minister Eduard Heger OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Economy Richard Sulík SaS 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Igor Matovič OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister for Legislation and Strategic Planning Štefan Holý SR 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investments and Regional Development Veronika Remišová ZĽ 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Interior Roman Mikulec OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Health Vladimír Lengvarský Independent for OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Justice Mária Kolíková Independent for SaS[lower-alpha 1] 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Ivan Korčok Independent for SaS 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport Branislav Gröhling SaS 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family Milan Krajniak SR 9 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Transport and Construction Andrej Doležal Independent for SR 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Culture Natália Milanová OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ján Mičovský OĽaNO 1 April 2021 8 June 2021
Samuel Vlčan Independent for OĽaNO 8 June 2021 Incumbent
Minister of Environment Ján Budaj OĽaNO 1 April 2021 Incumbent

Notes
  1. Kolíková was originally nominated by ZĽ upon the formation of the government. After leaving the party on 8 September 2021 along with six supporting MPs and other former ZĽ affiliates, she founded a platform called For Just Slovakia. With the six supporting MPs having joined the SaS parliamentary caucus, she is serving as SaS nominee without party membership.[6]

References
  1. MORTKOWITZ, SIEGFRIED (1 April 2021). "Slovakia gets new government, ending Russian vaccine crisis". Politico.
  2. "President appointed the cabinet of Eduard Heger, called for empathy". The Slovak Spectator. 1 April 2021.
  3. "Heger's cabinet has the trust of the parliament. MPs approved its programme statement". The Slovak Spectator. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. Siegfried Mortkowitz (1 April 2021). "Slovakia gets new government, ending Russian vaccine crisis". Politico. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. Vlado Anjel (9 April 2021). "AKTUÁLNE Ministrom práce sa opäť stal Milan Krajniak". Topky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  6. "Kolíkovej krídlo ide do SaS. Matovič hovorí o povalení vlády, Remišovej sa uľavilo". 8 September 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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